The proved influence of inequality of opportunity (luck) and efforts (behavior in relation to health) on the health … opportunity groups with the selected circumstances variables.The results showed that the total health inequality experienced a … of the set of variables in circumstances that may influence the children's health. Results show that inequality of …

distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks … inequality. If material advantage can be excercised within the domain of health, then economic inequality will generate health …

educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. …Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services …

Air pollution generates vast health burdens and economic costs around the world. Pollution exposure varies greatly …, both between countries and within them. But the degree of air quality inequality and its' trajectory have not been … quantified at a global level. I use economic inequality indices to measure global inequality in exposure to ambient fine …

fatality rate that rivals those of richer countries with far larger spending on health. We offer an early review of the … emerging literatures in public health and economics on the pandemic effects in Vietnam, with a specific focus on vulnerable … population groups. Our review suggests that vulnerable workers were at more health risks than the general population. The …

People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers … have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common … definition of “good” health. Using data from the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health, I generate quasi-objective health indices …

We estimate the impact of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 on health outcomes in the United States. We show that a one … percentage point increase in the unemployment rate resulted in a 7.8-8.8 percent increase in reports of poor health. Mental … health was also adversely impacted and reports of chronic drinking increased. These effects were concentrated among those …

distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …’s contribution to income inequality is difficult to gauge. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life could be an important … mechanism through which health may generate and possibly sustain economic inequality. If material advantage can be exercised …

private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with a substantial proportion of households opting for private schools. On the other hand, opting out from public health is …